That's not a nice thing to do. Think of it as leaving your liquid
garbage on the ground. It can smell up a site and attract critters. Most
campgrounds forbid it.

For anout $5 at Walmart you can buy a 5 gallon green plastic water jug
that'll hook right up with a short piece of garden hose. When full you
empty it at the RV dump usually found in all campgrounds.

Such water is called "gray" water.  Its disposal is always a subject for
discussion here and elsewhere.

Depending on WHERE you are camped, draining it onto the ground may not be
allowed.  In that case, capturing it in a bucket or other container is
required.  In this case, you should take it to a dump station or toilet for
disposal.

I routinely drain the gray water from my travel trailer onto the ground but
use a hose to direct it to a place where it will not be a problem.  This
practice is OK virtually everywhere I camp with the exception of federal
campground.

If in doubt, consult the campground rules, the superintendent or host.

             :)
JR

Most of the campgrounds I frequent prohibit the dumping the gray water anywhere.
It can create a muddy environment, and the next camper has to deal with it. A
lot of folks will let food scraps drain as well, and then there is a nice
environment for flys to feed/breed. So IMHO, dumping of graywater is a "no-no".

What I did with my popup's gray water is have it drain into a 5 gallon bucket
with a lid. I cut a hole in the lid and had the hose end go directly into it.
When it got full, I would take it over to the toilet or the dump station and
dump it there.

There are also 5,10,15 and bigger "tote tanks" that are made of sturdy plastic
and have wheels. I had a 10 gallon one that worked well with my popup. It would
get full and I would wheel it over to the dump station and get rid of it there.

The only time I have let gray water drain into the bushes is at my uncle's
ranch. He specifically asked me to water his plants with it.

Mark Filice
2004 Homestead Settler 255RS
1999 Chevrolet Suburban 2500

Jerald,

Catch it in any container and use it to put out the campfire at night.

Jeff
05 F250
05 Savoy 29RKS
Chandler, AZ

Whatever your opinion about the *right* thing to do, be prepared for what
you might be *required* to do. The most effective (or most onerous,
depending on your POV) is a closed system where the gray water drains into a
tank via a hose. That tank is transported to a designated dump site, usually
a sewer dump station.

My personal practice is to stow a 15-gallon wheeled tank built for the
purpose. It's vented and connects directly to the drain by a short hose with
two female ends. It easily lasts for a weekend. When time to drain, there's
an accessory handle that hooks over my trailer hitch. I tow it a walking
speed around the loop to the dump station. That's actually less effort for
me to do once than to try to keep up with a smaller open bucket, and easier
to haul.

An example of an alternative system is that many Georgia state parks have
gray water drains between every other camp sites. They're French Drains
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_drain), essentially a pit filled with
rock, with a finer grade of gravel on the top layer. At the parks I've
visited they're covered with a layer hardware cloth and screen wire to catch
the food bits.

Thanks everyone for the great comments.  I will correct my ways and will
get something to catch/hold the waste water.

Jerald